Book type-writer.



Ne. 837.343. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1908. W. M. RULE.

BOOK TYPE WRITER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- WHNESSESV INVENTOR ATTORNEY" No. 837,343. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

W. M. RULE.

BOOK TYPE WRITER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY4. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Unrrnn sra rns WILLIAM MANSFIELD RULE, or TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT, Assi'enoa To onosen s, BENJAMIN, TRUSTEE, on NEW roan, a. Y;

soon TYPE -wRiTER.

latented Dec. 4, 1908.

Application filed May 4, 1905. Serial No. 268,897

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM this class known as book t e-writers in which the key-operated printing mechanism as ordinarily mounted is movable relatively to afiXed plate or platen supporting the paper.

The object-ofthe invention is to render such machines effective for use with paper of any length or width, and to this end the printing mechanism and platen are relatively mounted to permit paper of any size, in either sheet or roll form, to be readily placed in position and adjusted to receive the desired impression-that is to say, to have my invention into effect.

mattcrtype-written at any point thereon.

The accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate mechanism suitable for carrying I wish it understood, however, that I do notlimit myself to the mechanism shown, as other forms may be .the same.

employed operating in substantially the same manner to produce practically the same result.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing a type-writing machine constructed and mounted in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is-a view in front elevation of r Fig. 3 is .a detail sectional view on the line S S of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view.

Referrin now to the drawings, A table 1 is shown adapted to serve as a support for a platen 2 of a type-Writing machine, the prin ting mechanism of which comprises the printing-machine 3 and its carrier 31, upon which it is adapted to slide laterally, and is mounted upon a carriage 4, movable back and forth across the platen, as will be later on explained. I At opposite ends the table is provided with hinged leaves 5 5, which may be swung upward in the plane of the platen, as

in Fig. 3,,and supported by swinging, brackate 6 6.-

MANSFIELD RULE, a citizen of the United States, residing "lower ends to the rear legs 8 8 of the table and. connected at their upper; ends by a crosspiece 9, form an extensiondicame, which is oifset suihciently from the-table or platen to aprovide an intervening paper-receiving space, chamber, dr pocket 10;, suitable for receilying the printed portion oh the sheet as it co 188 from the platen.

12 are shown in connection with the platen and may be employed, if desired, do carry the sheet. For manifolding purposes the numcreased,as indicated in dotted lines,

Two guide-rails 13 13, secured r ponthe cross-piece 9 of the extension-heme. serve to support the carriage 4, which is mounted on re lers 1 1 1st, runnin upon the rails 13 13 throughout the length of the table. Forming a continuation of the carriage proper and able section 16, which bridges the paper-r6- ceiving space 10 and extends across the platen, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4..

The printing mechanism 3, controlled and operated in the'usual manner by a keyboard 17, is movable on parallel tracks 18 18, which extend throu hout the entire length of the carriage and the adjustable scctionlo there of and may be toothed, as indicated, to 006perate with a suitable feed device (not shown) in the usual manner. Thus mounted the printing mechanism is movable throughoht the length and breadth. of the platen and may be shifted clear thereof onto the trackup to ive access to the platen and the space 10 in t 1e rear thereof for the inspection, adjustment, or removal, 850., of the paper.

From the foregoing description it will. be clear that in operation the carriage .4, including the track-rails 18, may he moved along the table on the supports 13 the entire length of the platen, while the carrier 3 of the printing mechanism is movable along the rails 18 oi the carriage for t:spacing, the type-machine 3 of the p'rL mechanism moving laterally on the carrier 3 for lette'n spacing when a key is struck.

- The operation, advantages, 81s., of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing description.

In Fig. 4 delivery and tithe-up rolls 11 and i her of such rolls would obviously be in-' hinged to the same at 15 there is an adjustsections of the carriage proper to permit thei hinged portion 16 of the latter to be swung ICC Having descrihed my invention, 1

l The combination oi'a table adapted to nerve ash latch, a carri 5 tudinally a o-ng the table, a -support for the carriage located at a distance from the table, printing mechanism carried by the carriage, and means for moving the rinting mechanism along the carriage and across the table so whereby said. printing mechanism is efi'ective throughout the area of the table.

2. he combination of a table adapted to serve as a platen, a carriage provided with hinged rails, movable longitudinally alon 5 the table, a support for the carriage locate at a distance from the table, printing mechanis'rh carried by-the carriage, and means for 'movin the printing mechanism longitudinally a ong the carriage.

. 3. The combination of'a table adapted to serve as'a *laten a carriage movable lon i 'tndinally along the table, a support for t e carriage located at a distance from the table,

gui'de-rails'on said su port, printing mechan- 5 ism movable with t. e carriage, and means formoving the printing mechanism longitudinally along the carriage.

l. The combination Tof a table adapted to serve as a laten, a carriage movable longio tudinally along the table and provided with rails hingedat a point beyond the transverse Width of. the table, a support for the carriage located at adistance from the table, guideail's on said support, printing mechanism 5 movable with t e carriage, and means for movin the printing mechanism longitudinally along the carriage.

5. The combination of a table adapted to serve as a platen, a carriage longitudinally o movable along the table, a support for the carriage located at a distance from. the table,

key-operated printing mechanism carried by the carriage and automatically movable across the carriage when a key is struck, and

5 means for longitudinally moving the printing mechanism along the carriage.

6. The combination of a table adapted to serve as a platen, means for moving the sheet to be printed across the table, a carriage o movable longitudinally of the table, a support for the carriage located at a distance from the table, printing mechanism carried by thecarriagc, and means for moving the printing mechanism longitudinally along the 5 carria e.

7. 'fhe combination of a table adapted to serve as a platen, a carriage movable longitudinally along the table provided with guides and with railshinged at apoint beyond 6 "the transverse width of the table, a support for the carriage located at a distance from.

the table, printing mechanism movable with the carriage, and means for moving the printing mechanism longitudinally along the can 5 riage.

age movable longi-- ,sas

serve as a platen, a carriage movable lo tudinally along the table, said'carri'age vided int portions, one portion situated at a distance from the tahle, and the other portion extendingover the table, a ii port for the carriage separated hoin'the tab but sup orted thereby, printing mechanism ca'rrie by the carriage, and means for 'lnoving the printing mechanism longitudinally along the carriage. .v

10. The combination difa table adaptedto. serve as a platen, a carriage movable longitudinally along the table, a support for t e carriage located at a distance from one longitudinal edge of the table so as to leave amintervening space between the table andthe support, printing mechanism mounted on the carriageand movable with the carriage along the table, and means for moving the printing mechanism longitudinally along the carriage across the table.

1.1. The combination of a table adapted to serve as a platen, a carriage movable longitudinally along the table and provided 'With vertically and horizontally disposed rollerbearings, a. support for the carriage located at a distance from the table and provided with guide-rails which coact with said rollerbeatings, printing mechanism carried by the carriage, and means for moving the printing mechanism longitudinally along thecarriagc across the table.

12. The combination of a table adaptedto' serve as a platen, a carriage movable longitudinally along the table, said carriage comprising a air of parallel rails, vertically and orizonta ly disposed roller bearing's, ca ing means for said bearings, a support'for t e carriage located at a distance from thetable provided with guide-rails which coact'with said rollerbearings, printing mechanism carried by'the carriage, and means'fo'r moving the printing mechanism longitudinally along the carriage.

13. The combination of a table adapted to serve as a platen, means for progressively moving the sheet to be printed across the table, said means comprising a take-up roll I located beyond one lon itudinal edge of the table a carrige movable longitudinally 'of'the table, a support for the carriage'located at a distance/from the table and beyond the takeup roll, printing mechanism carried hyfthe carriage, and means for moving the printing mechanism longitudinally along the carriage the typewriting machine along the carriage across the table. and across the table. l

14. In a book type-writer, the combination In testimony whereof I afiix my signature of a'table, a carriage movable along the table in the presence of two Witnesses.

in the direction 0 its length, a support for WILLIAM MANSFIELD RULE. such carriage located at a distance from one- Witnesses: edge of the table, a type-writin machine I Gno. E. Conn, carried bythe carriage, and means or moving A. P. HINE. 

